climbs were rated Grade V or about 5.7-5.8 YDS. He was soloing near the limit of difficulty for the day – and with hobnailed boots. Kleiner Litzner (solo) Großes Seehorn – Großlitzner (solo) Kleiner Litzner, North Ridge (solo) Großlitzner, North Face (first ascent) Glötterspitze (solo) Totenkirchl, West Face (second ascent with a new variation, solo) Guglia di Brenta (also known as the Campanile Basso), East Face (first ascent, solo) Crozzon di Brenta, Northeast Face (first) Croz dell'Altissimo, South Face (second) Grohmannspitze, South East Face (second) Innerkoflerturm, South Face (second) Langkofel-Fünffingerspitze-Grohmannspitze-Sellajoch (first traverse in one day, solo) Delagoturm, South Chimney (first) Kleine Zinne (first double traverse) Kleinste Zinne (first ascent and first traverse) Traweng, North Face (first) Trisselwand (first) Grosser Ödstein, North Ridge (second ascent) Hochwanner, North Ridge (first) Mitterkaiser, Nordgipfel (first) Aiguille Gamba (first) L'Innominata, Southeast Ridge (first) Aiguille Savoie, Southeast Ridge (first) Pointe des Papillons, Hauptgipfel (first, solo) Aiguille Rouge de Triolet, South Ridge (first) Strichkogel, East Face (first) Däumling (first) Gosauer Mandl (first) See also History of rock climbing Footnotes Sources Alpines Lexicon. Paul Preuss entry at https://web.archive.org/web/20100731022902/http://www.bergsteigen.at/de/lexikon.aspx?ID=64 End, Willi. "Grosser Manndlkogel: Seine Ersteigungsgeschichte", Österreichische Alpenzeitung, Juli/August Heft (1972), S. 90–97 Maix, Kurt. "Paul Preuß – der Spaziergänger zu den Wolken," Jugend am Berg, Heft 4 (1963), S. 117–123 Messner, Reinhold. Paul Preuss. Verlag J. Berg bei Bruckmann, München 1996, Mokrejs, Adolf. "'...wie ein Vogel fliegt': Zum hundertsten Geburtstag von Paul Preuß", Mitteilungen des Deutschen Alpenverein, Juni Heft (1986); S. 62–64 Oertel, Eugen. "Dr. Paul Preuß", Österreichische Alpenzeitung, Bd. 35 (1913), S. 357–377 Saar, Günther Freiherr von. "Paul Preuss", Alpine Journal, Vol. XXVIII (1914), No. 203, pp. 50–57 Winthrop Young, Geoffrey. "The Fatal Accident to Dr. Paul Preuss", Alpine Journal, Vol. XXVII (1913), No. 202, pp. 427–429 1886 births 1913 deaths Austrian mountain climbers Free soloists Mountaineering deaths Sport deaths in Austria Austrian people of Jewish descent Austrian people of Hungarian descent